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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Thank you to all of you who played in the Digital Delights blogiversary blog hop at Delightful Challenges, which closed last night. I hope you had lots of fun.

Welcome to those of you who became followers of my blog, . I don't always post every day because that darn thing called life tends to get in the way of crafting sometimes but I hope you will find inspiration in my cards when I do post.

Thanks to my husband, who was my personal Random Generator and made the draw for me, the winner of Briley with Balloons from Digital Delights by Louby Loo is .......

Friday, July 30, 2010

It is Friday again and that means a freebie at Digital Delights and this week it is sooooo cute. With school starting in a month, you will want to hurry over to Digital Delights and pick this up while you can. Since my little granddaughter starts Junior Kindergarten in September, I can't wait to use this to make her a "first day of school" card, especially since I am going to be in the UK on vacation that day and am going to miss all the excitement.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

The challenge at Phindy's Place is to create a project with stitching (real or faux). I have so much on my plate right now that I didn't think I would be able to participate this week but I quickly designed a little card yesterday and took pieces of it with me when I went to Toronto that could be stitched by hand while I visited my Niece and her family. In the past, I have tried to use my sewing machine with no success and I really don't want to damage it as I do some sewing for my granddaughter so I pierced all the holes and used embroidery floss to create the stitching. The card feels thrown together and is not my favourite but I did like the stitching and will take a little more time and make another card soon with hand stitching on it.

I think someone should point my husband in the direction of this post so he can see that I am trying to save money and not always spending on craft supplies. How you ask - well the flowers started out life as white with pink polka dots and I painted them rather than buying new ones. I call it going green or re-purposing and that's my story and I am sticking to it.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Today our challenge at Delightful Challenges is the opposite of the one for last week. Now we want you to use two (2) designer papers and three (3) embellishments to create a card using a Great Outdoors theme. I love to embellish so even three embellishments is hard for me but I managed. My little charm is actually some clipart from Microsoft that I printed three times on card stock, cut out and glued together with two facing one way and the other one facing the opposite way so if it flips around, there is still a fish.

I created the sentiment on the computer but the text for it came from a cross stitch pattern that I made for my late Father-in-Law almost 35 years ago. The picture hung in his rec room until just recently when the house was sold so he obviously liked it despite the sarcastic words.

Our challenge to you this week at Isabella's Sketchbook is to create a project using cool blues and greens. I picked these terrific papers but when it came time to colour my flowers, I decided I couldn't do them justice in blue so I picked the deep pink in the background paper and decided to run with that. You don't see the deep pink - well look very closely at the little tiny squares that run across the paper just above the bow - I know it is a stretch!

What a fun day today is! Digital Delights is having a Blogiversary and to celebrate they are having two blog hop image hunts from now until Friday night at midnight. One hop is at Digital Delights and my blog is one of the stops on the other hop at Delightful Challenges. If you came here from Anita's blog, then you are on the right track for the Delightful Challenges hop. If you didn't come here from Anita's blog, you should go back to Delightful Challenges and check the hop order. I will remind you a little later in this post where you are going next so read on.

Your goal is to look for an image at each stop along the way and the image that you will hunt on my blog is Briley with Balloons! She is too cute to miss on my blog - or is she??

After you've found Briley become a follower of my blog, if you aren't already, and make a comment telling me where you think she is hiding - please refer to her by name in your comment and be specific about her location. Comments will not appear on the blog post so your answer won't be viewed by everyone else - they will just have to figure it out themselves :) All correct answers will be entered into a draw to receive Briley. Check back here on Saturday, July 31st to see if you are the winner.

In addition, there will be a wonderful grand prize offered at the Digital Delights store from all the comments left at Digital Delights and Delightful Challenges. Make sure you become a Digital Delights follower before you leave your comment there. The grand prize will also be announced on Saturday, July 31st.

Now it is time head to your next stop on the hop, which is Dianne's blog.

Friday, July 23, 2010

What a fun name for this cute image from Daisy Doodles that I thought would work on this birthday card I have made for you today. I think it would be appropriate for a teenage boy or the party animal in your family.

By the way, have you created anything yet for the challenge at Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges? If not, why don't you make a wedding card and share it with us. You still have 9 days to enter and while you don't have to use one of Daisy's stamps, your name will be entered twice if you do use one of her great digital stamps.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Our challenge to you this week at Delightful Challenges is to make it simple. You can't use any designer/patterned paper or any embellishments. While I love to embellish, there are times when I like to create something simple but usually I add at least one embellishment, often ribbon. I found this challenge tough but she is such a little cutie, she would look good all dolled up or very simple. By the way, the embossed panel at the back is not gray but is silver card stock and no matter how hard I tried I could not get it to look shiny in the photo so will have to trust me.

This week the challenge over at Phindy's Friday Challenge Blog is "Got the Blues" and I knew this cute little fairy would be perfect for the challenge.

I found this sketch at The Sweet Stop and decided to use it for my layout. I think I got it fairly well given that my card is a different shape. Now blue flowers aren't something I have in my stash and I couldn't find a patterned card stock that blended with my papers in order to make my own so I dug out some purple flowers and painted them. I think they turned out pretty well and now I know that if I am ever stuck I can alter flowers to match. Reminds me a bit of dyeing satin shoes back in the day :)

Our challenge to you this week at Isabella's Sketchbook Challenge is to "cut it out" and use 3D, paper tole or decoupage on your project. You must use a digital stamp from Isabella's Sketchbook on your project. If you don't have one (or want a few new ones), Isabella is having a sale today. For today only, Wednesday, July 21st all digital stamps at Isabella's store are only $2.00 each.

I tried something new this time and created my own tea bag holder card. I am a little unhappy with the inside because it didn't need to be quite as deep as I made it but I will try it again. Each one of the cups has been popped up a little higher than the one above it with foam dots, which is where the 3D aspect of my card can be found.

Monday, July 19, 2010

I had so many great plans for today but the dryer died last night so after I went to the Passport office to renew our passports, I started to search for a new dryer. Since the washer is the same age, I am buying a new one of those too. I think I found what I want but I almost choked at the price. It is going to cost over $2000 for the pair and I still have to add taxes, delivery and installation. I remember when my husband and I got our first home in 1976, we paid that amount for a washer, dryer, stove, refrigerator and huge chest freezer and that included all the added charges.

Once I got back though, I did manage to quickly make a card for a few challenges. Lots of blogs are asking for Christmas cards and I can't think of a better excuse to get another card done in advance. Now I think I only have 45 left to do. At this rate, a few people may not get a card this Christmas.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Our challenge to you this week at Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges is to make a wedding themed project. Daisy has a wonderful new wedding set called Simple Elegance in her store and you could win it if you enter and your name is drawn.

You must use a digital stamp in your project and while you are not required to use an image from Daisy Doodles, if you do your name will be entered twice. If you don't have a suitable Daisy Doodles image, hop over to the store because there are also some beautiful floral stamps that would be perfect for a wedding card.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

There seems to be a pattern to my cards all of a sudden and I am a bit worried because it seems that I have developed a sand fetish. This week the challenge at Delightful Challenges is to create a card or other project with a beach theme using the photo below for inspiration. Of course when doesn't the beach have sand so I got my trusty sandpaper out of the cupboard and got started.

We hope you will enter this week because Digital Delights by Louby Loo is sponsoring and the prize is a $10 gift certificate for the store.

Now for the card. While the photo has lots of turquoise and yellow in it, I thought some pink was needed for this little cutie. I wanted to give her a relaxing adult beverage but she is way too young. Just imagine her sitting on the beach waiting for some cool guy to try to pick her up - or maybe she is too young for that too.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

You can find the most wonderful floral digital stamps at Isabella's Sketchbook and I decided to use this one for the challenge this week at Isabella's Challenge, which is all about using your punches. You have a week to make something with an image from Isabella's Sketchbook and enter it to win two digis from her store along with a badge to display on your blog to show that you won.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Hello me hearties, this is Cabin Gal Cec de Bois and you found my stop on a treasure hunt with Daisy Doodles. If you follow the treasure map, you could win this brand new stamp set and a $5 gift certificate to the Daisy Doodles store.

I have made a card to show you what can be done with the different elements from this stamp set. You will find the card details below the treasure hunt information.

If you didn't start the treasure hunt at the beginning, you need to go to Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges, pick up your treasure map and the first piece of the puzzle. Then follow the map leaving a comment and picking up a puzzle piece at each stop. The pieces of the puzzle make a card so don't miss any stops because your goal is to determine what image is on the puzzle card and who made it. When you get to the end, which is the Daisy Doodles store, then you will get your final instructions. You don't want to have to walk the plank, do you?

If you came here from visiting Mary (a.k.a Boatswain Mary Read), then you are on the right track.

As you can see by the map, your next spot is at Sailing Master Law de Leon's blog (Lawren). You have until 8 pm EST, Saturday, July 17th to collect all the pieces of the puzzle, get to the end and follow the instructions. The winner will be announced Monday on the challenge blog. So Mateys, leave your comment, grab your puzzle piece and off you go.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

The challenge at Phindy's Place Challenge Blog is to make a card with one of her images using red, white and blue. I love this fellow because he looks like one of the most debonair mailmen I have ever seen so I thought I would use him in the card I am going to enter.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

I have lots of great stuff to share with you today. First, our first weekly challenge starts today at Delightful Challenges and we are asking you to create a Summertime card or other paper crafting project using the colours shown in the inspiration photo below. You won't want to miss all the fabulous projects the rest of the Design Team has made for you. Also, pop over to the Digital Delights by Louby Loo store and pick up one of the wonderful stamps and create something for this challenge.

Second, it is new release day and the card I have made features one of the new release images called Lili the Skunk. Now, I don't tell people this very often but one of my middle names is Lili and it is spelled exactly this way. I sure hope the creator, Wendy didn't name this little stinker after me.

You will notice that I couldn't decide which colour to use so when I saw all those colours in my ribbon stash, I just decided to use them all. By the way, when you enter a card in this challenge, there is a wonderful prize package being supplied by our sponsor and you will find all the details on the challenge blog.

Third, it is digi day at SNR and Digital Delights by Louby Loo is hosting today. Wendy has a great little freebie for you at her SNR Group along with a challenge so pop over, pick up your freebie and make a card for the challenge.

You are not going to want to miss this special blog hop for a chance to win a brand new stamp set and a $5 Gift Certificate to the Daisy Doodles store. Hop over to the challenge blog to see the stamp set and then mark the date in your calendar so you can come back to the challenge blog next Tuesday and join in all the fun.

Linda, The Funkie Junkie, is setting the challenges at Isabella's Sketchbook Challenge this month and for the first challenge she is taking pity on everyone after their July 4th activities and making the challenge an open one. So dig out your favourite Isabella image or pick one up from the Isabella's Sketchbook store and make whatever kind of card you wish to share with us. You could win 2 of Isabella's fabulous images and a winner's badge to display on your blog.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Welcome to another challenge at Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges. This week we want you to create a card or other project using a recipe; 1 digital image, 1 ribbon, 2 patterned papers and 3 brads. You have two weeks to enter your fabulous creation for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate from our wonderful sponsor.

We were asked to incorporate an image from Digi Doodle Shop on our card and I chose this one called Vintage Dress 6. It is one of a series of vintage dresses in the shop. I decided to make this monochromatic card when I found the floral paper in my stash.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first blog hop at Isabella's Sketchbook and left such lovely comments about my card. I just received an email advising me that one of the winners has come from my blog and that is ----(drum roll please)---- Rose Petal.

Congratulations! Please pop over to Isabella's Store, choose your image and then send an email with your choice to Isabella at isabellassketchbook@gmail.com and she will send your digital stamp to you. Make sure you put Blog Hop Winner in the subject line.

I hope all of you will pick up an Isabella image and make something for the current challenge, which is Anything Goes. You still have until Tuesday night to complete your project so I hope you will play because you could win two more of Isabella's wonderful digital stamps and an "I Won" badge to display on your blog.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Good Morning and who doesn't love a freebie. Well it is the first Friday of the month so that means that there will be a freebie from Digital Delights by Louby Loo for her groups on Paper Craft Planet, SNR Card Universe and Simply Scrapping. The freebie is located in the discussion section and here is a peak at this month's little cutie. Catch this freebie while you can because after a month the stamp will only be available in the store. If you aren't already a follower, make sure that you become one so you don't miss out on any of our upcoming events.

And who doesn't love a sale too. To celebrate the July 4th holiday, Digital Delights by Louby Lou is offering everyone 30% off all her digital stamps from today until Monday, July 5th at midnight. Head on over to herstore and pick up some of the great digital images, accessories and sentiments.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

I have really exciting news to share with you today. There are big changes at Digital Delights by Louby Loo. They have grown and now there are two design teams. First, the Digital Delights design team will inspire you weekly with samples and projects using the monthly new releases.

Secondly, the challenge blog has gone weekly and has been renamed Delightful Challenges and I am pleased to share with you that I have accepted an invitation to be on the Delightful Challenges design team..

I have known about this for a couple of weeks but had to keep it to myself until today and you don't know how hard that was. Starting next Thursday, July 8th you will want to check out Delightful Challenges for a brand new weekly challenge with wonderful sponsors.

The other members of my team are listed on my sidebar. Why don't you stop by their blogs, see what wonderful creations they make and leave them a little love at the same time? Don't forget to come back here and see what I will have to show you.